Impression Management

My primary research stream investigates Impression Management (IM), which are behaviours aimed to influence one’s own impressions and reputations. Overall, IM is an is an important phenomenon at the micro- and macro-levels of management research. Given that conveying favourable impressions is highly important for having a successful career, IM is pervasive in organizational settings and is associated with numerous high-stakes outcomes.

My current projects aim to advance IM theory by incorporating different theoretical perspectives and conceptualizations. My earlier publications primarily investigated IM in job interviews, but my current projects investigate a broader range of organizational contexts (e.g., work teams).

Research Areas

Employee Personality

As a more secondary research stream, I broadly investigate the implications of employee personality. Personality is one of the most robust predictors of numerous workplace attitudes, behaviours as well as job performance. Accordingly, employee personality is used for selection purposes and other workplace decisions, although there are concerns that applicants commonly use faking.

My current projects in these streams are primarily meta-analyses and qualitative reviews integrating the employee personality literature across all of management research. I also investigate contemporary issues pertaining to pre-employment personality tests.